IMO people who get "Family First" as their highest ranking shouldn't have as much of a crisis as it may appear. Yes, they appear to be unfocused and do not have many policies, but that doesn't mean their ideas are bad. FF is actually quite progressive in various areas; they're like the half decent stepchild of One Nation. One Nation itself is over-stereotyped because of the hype of the media; for good reason as far as Pauline Hanson was concerned, but again, its beliefs are misrepresented by the media.

No real surprises, although I think I was only highest in the greens because of my relative "far left" position in "traditional values" (i.e. I have stronger views on euthanasia, drug policies, homosexuality, etc) which the greens campaign on. It's the fact that the Greens maintain such extreme positions all over the place that stops them from becoming a serious force to be reckoned with.... But time may change that.

Personally I think the Democrats would be a closer fit (followed by Labor) of my views, even if I wouldn't put them first: I can agree with someone but think they are incompetent. Of course, those parties are more interested in appeasing the greater central masses.

[b:2b052865e6]Greens 80.6%[/b:2b052865e6]
[b:2b052865e6]Australian Democrats 79.1%[/b:2b052865e6]
[b:2b052865e6]Labor Party 76.8%[/b:2b052865e6]
Family First 36.7%
Liberal Party 35.0%
National Party 33.1%
One Nation 34.1%

Political outlook
Your broad political orientation score is -35.7%, which equates to a â€˜Centre Leftâ€™ position

Economic policy
Your economic policy score score is -13.4%. This equates to a â€˜Centreâ€™ position

Social policy
Your social policy score is -39.3%. This equates to a â€˜Centre Leftâ€™ position

Pretty accurate really, although I have personal experience that shows how inconsistent questionnaires can be. I think in this quiz your "style" of answering these questions would strongly influence the results for some parties. For example, people tend to lean towards the center circles for standard questions, or tend avoid the center circles all together, even though their beliefs may not be THAT different outside of the questionnaire mathematics.

I would actually vote for the Democrats if they had remained a serious party. If they manage to regain some respect in the community I may go back to voting for them.

[b:cb3f989d73]Greens 80.6%[/b:cb3f989d73]
[b:cb3f989d73]Australian Democrats 79.1%[/b:cb3f989d73]
[b:cb3f989d73]Labor Party 76.8%[/b:cb3f989d73]
Family First 36.7%
Liberal Party 35.0%
National Party 33.1%
One Nation 34.1%

Political outlook
Your broad political orientation score is -35.7%, which equates to a â€˜Centre Leftâ€™ position

Economic policy
Your economic policy score score is -13.4%. This equates to a â€˜Centreâ€™ position

Social policy
Your social policy score is -39.3%. This equates to a â€˜Centre Leftâ€™ position

So now I changed my answers slightly to mimic someone who tends not to put answers in the middle with only a few exceptions (some people tend to do this), and this is my result: http://www.ozpolitics.info/blog/index.php?page_id=206&id=ef48baefba8228f8bf8ede6d88d562ed

Greens 58.6%
[b:cb3f989d73]Australian Democrats 69.0%
Labor Party 72.3%[/b:cb3f989d73]
Family First 49.7%
Liberal Party 55.7%
National Party 54%
One Nation 43.5%

Political outlook
Your broad political orientation score is -12.8%, which equates to a â€˜Centreâ€™ position

Economic policy
Your economic policy score score is 28.7%. This equates to a â€˜Centre Rightâ€™ position

Social policy
Your social policy score is -40.5%. This equates to a â€˜Centre Leftâ€™ position

Traditional values
Your traditional values score is -62.7%. This equates to a â€˜Leftâ€™ position

So by far my biggest changes was in the economic measurements, and interestingly enough, my Greens score fell 22% while my Lib and Nat score went up 20.7% and 20.9% respectively.

This would show two things: a) I'm far more moderate economically, and b) the economics section seems to be relatively sensitive on *how* you do the quiz.

[quote:7f6b5ae665="cool banana"]What can I say... I'm a Libran (balanced) so of course it figures I'd be Centred :roll:
http://www.ozpolitics.info/blog/index.php?page_id=206&id=9fd16b1c0ad10a8b36e4877eb6f903a9

excuse me a moment while I remove the splinters gained from fence sitting :lol:

Party preference
[list:7f6b5ae665]Greens 48.1%
Australian Democrats 44.3%
Labor Party 53.8%
Family First 57%
Liberal Party 54.3%
National Party 52.1%
One Nation 52.9%[/list:u:7f6b5ae665]
Because your highest score is less than 66.6%, it suggests you have significant areas of disagreement with each of the parties.[/quote:7f6b5ae665]

(I doubt this is accurate, I tend to disagree strongly with the National Party and One Nation on economics, and the Greens' and Democrats' social positions are closer to my own, and I would have thought my strong vote against unions would have reduced my Labor identfiication somewhat.)